Move-in & Aura Farm
Welcome dinner + icebreaker: teach the house your most absurd hidden talent.
7.24–7.27 · 4 marketers × 4 engineers · San Francisco · completely free
The YC Reject Camp
hosted by Paradigm · A School of One
Rejected from YC Startup School? Never applied because you’re “not technical”?
Good. You’re exactly who we’re looking for.
Applications closed on July 15 at 11:59 PM PT
The camp
One house. Two crafts. Three days.
A marketer and an engineer pair up, teach each other their craft, and publish a course on Paradigm. Cameras roll the whole time.
The Pairing
60-second pitches, a dating-show pairing ceremony. Lock your course.
Build + The Twist
Build with your partner. Then shuffle: win a stranger as your first learner.
Demo Night
Final sprint, then the open house: mentors, pitches, and a mixer.
The deal
What you get, what we ask.
It’s free. YC doesn’t even cover housing.
What you get
- 🏠Free housing: the whole SF house, July 24–28
- 🍜Free food:all meals & snacks covered
- ✈️Transportation reimbursed: we help cover getting to SF
- 🎟YC-week access:mixers & afterparties across the city, every night
- 🎤Mentors in the house: fireside guests from top AI startups drop by all weekend
- 🎬A film crew: capturing your glow-up in cinematic quality
What we ask
01A course
You’ll be paired with someone from the opposing side. Together you build and publish a course on Paradigm, then compete for which course gets the most traction. Winner takes the prize.
02Media
Everyone, especially the marketers, publishes content filmed at the camp. Confessionals, day-in-the-life, build-with-me: your channels, your voice, our footage to share.
Also expected: be comfortable on camera (confessionals, the pairing ceremony, the works), full attendance from the evening of July 24 through July 27, and keep promoting your course during the week after camp.
Applications are closed.
The application window closed July 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT. Thanks for your interest.
Questions? ceciliaz@paradigm.study